Here Kitty Kitty Kitty

Today was a great day for both the Sea Lion and the Kittiwake. The weather was perfect and the majestic Olympic Mountain Range was the perfect backdrop for our J-Pod encounter. Both the Sea Lion and the Kittiwake went out today, the Sea Lion at 1:00, the Kittiwake at 1:30, and the Sea Lion is going out again tonight at 5:30 for our first sunset tour of the season! The whales were in top form, gracefully maneuvering together in the water. They appeared to be quite interested in our boat the Kittiwake and made many passes of our boat on their way north up the west side of San Juan Island. (It was almost as if they were enjoying our guests cheering them on.) Our encounter began just south of Cattle Pass and we spent 1/3 of our trip with the whales as they approached False Bay. We were able to ID many individuals including J-16, J-42, J-1, J-2, J-8, and J-27. The whales seemed to be travelling two by two in the beginning and then a large group about eight abreast took up the rear.

As said before, J-Pod has been very good to us lately and we have seen them almost every day for the past two weeks. Our guests love learning about the orca and things they can do to help our wildlife here and the critters in their own back yard. Until next time....

Megan, Naturalist